Mystery of History

The Mystery of History homeschool history curriculum by Linda Lacour Hobar teaches homeschoolers world history from a young-earth Christian perspective, teaching children to see God's hand throughout history...and how the Gospel of Jesus is the mystery behind all of history!

The Mystery of History Volume 1 is written from a Christian, young-earth, perspective, teaching children to see God's hand throughout history...and how the Gospel of Jesus is the mystery behind all of history! Written in a conversational style, many lessons are presented in the form of mini-biographies, integrating fascinating stories with the events of the time. Covering creation to the resurrection, students will learn about famous biblical characters, ancient peoples, and well-known men such as Aesop, Buddha, Pythagoras, Confucius, Emperor Asoka, Herodotus, Caesar, Hannibal, and Herod.

Arranged by quarters and weeks, each quarter begins with an "Around the World" summary of events to introduce the time period; lessons progress chronologically with each week having 3 lessons, a pretest, review, and exercise or quiz. This resource integrates the main text with student worksheets. These activity sheets are reproducible for in-family use, or students may write directly on the worksheets. The 108 lessons will take a year to complete if you follow a traditional 36 week school year.

Activities are broken down by age group and reinforce the material just learned through fun ideas that engage all learning styles; they're based upon the classical grammar/logic/rhetoric stages. Review exercises cover the timeline and map work exercises; quizzes are cumulative reviews that go over material from the very beginning of the course; the semester-long tests are similar (though longer), covering materials from 2 quarters (one major time period). Quarter-end worksheets help students synthesize what they've learned and keep everyone straight! Suggested Schedules for different age groups are included, as well as plenty of reproducibles. Line-listed answers included. 636 pages, activity pages are reproducible for in-family use. Softcover, three-hole-punched and perforated pages. Consumable worktext. Grades 4-8, but adaptable for the family.

This second edition features the following updates & improvements:

Over 140 new pages that enrich the lessons; broaden the scholarship level of the text; develop new activities; enhance the mapping exercises; and simplify the timeline directions.

The Table of Contents has not changed, but has been improved with better chronological detail, based on the work of James Ussher.

The layout has been changed to a cleaner, more-readable style, and features upgraded artistry, photos, font, and cover; an expanded reading list; Answer Key maps for all the mapping exercises; a pronunciation guide; a Bible reading list; and more.

Listen along to the thrilling story of the Mystery of History Volume I! This CD set features the Mystery of History stories read by author Linda Lacour Hobar and set to music. Read the text along with the CDs, or simply listen. Perfect for families on-the-go, with auditory learners, or who simply enjoy listening to an excellent narration! These CDs contain narrated lessons only, and do NOT include pretests, activities, quizzes, exercises, or other similar items in the textbooks.

Make history class easy with this printable collection of supporting materials for Bright Ideas Press' Mystery of History Volume 1 curriculum! This convenient CD-ROM includes activity directions for each lesson along with pre-tests, weekly reviews, mapwork, timeline assignments, quizzes, exercises, quarterly worksheets, and semester tests, as well as outline maps, resource lists, answer keys and activity supplements. Easy-to-use: choose whether to view and print items for a particular week, or find by type of resource (e.g. all tests).

Challenge Cards: These include three or four questions and answers for each lesson in The Mystery of History Vol. 1 text. A dozen game ideas are also included; cards can be used in combination with, or instead of, memory cards.

Coloring Pages: 36 sheets capture one week of lessons in a unique collage of outlined figures. An answer key is provided to help students identify the three integrated stories of the week.

Notebooking Pages: Pages are included for each lesson in the text, with varied formats. Almost every lesson has ruled pages for taking notes, while others have room to illustrate the lesson. Information pages may have questions about the lesson or bullets to help students take notes.

Folderbooks: The Folderbook collection contains figures and directions on how to fold and use them. Folderbooks will help students get a new, visually-based look at the facts presented. These are compatible with 1st and 2nd editions.

The Mystery of History Volume 2 continues the story of God's working in history with lessons that cover the early church that arose after the death of Christ (AD 33) through the Middle Ages and the invention of the printing press. This classical curriculum is written from a Christian, young-earth, perspective, and gives students insight into how the Gospel of Jesus is the mystery behind all of history! Written in a conversational style, many lessons are presented in the form of mini-biographies that integrate fascinating stories with the events of the time.

Arranged by semester, quarters, weeks and lessons, each quarter begins with an "Around the World" summary of events to introduce the time period; lessons progress chronologically with each week having 3 lessons, a pretest, review, activities (including Memory Cards) and exercise or quiz. This book integrates the text with write-in activity pages; these pages are reproducible for family use or students can write directly on the worksheets. The 84 lessons will take a year to complete if you follow a traditional 36 week school year (3 lessons per week).

Activities are broken down by age group and reinforce the material just learned through fun ideas that engage all learning styles; they're based upon the classical grammar/logic/rhetoric stages. Review exercises cover the timeline and map work exercises; quizzes are cumulative reviews that go over material from the very beginning of the course; the semester-long tests are similar (though longer), covering materials from 2 quarters (one major time period). Quarter-end worksheets help students synthesize what they've learned and keep everyone's memory up to date! Suggested Schedules for different age groups are included, as well as plenty of reproducibles.

Listen along to the thrilling story of the Mystery of History Volume II! This 12-CD set features the Mystery of History Volume 2 stories read by author Linda Lacour Hobar and set to music. Read the text along with the CDs, or simply listen. Perfect for families on-the-go, with auditory learners, or who simply enjoy listening to an excellent narration! These CDs contain narrated lessons only, and do NOT include pretests, activities, quizzes, exercises, or other similar items in the textbooks.

Make history class easy with this printable collection of supporting materials for Bright Ideas Press' Mystery of History Volume 2 curriculum! This convenient CD-ROM includes activity directions for each lesson along with pre-tests, weekly reviews, mapwork, timeline assignments, quizzes, exercises, quarterly worksheets, and semester tests, as well as outline maps, resource lists, answer keys and activity supplements. Easy-to-use: choose whether to view and print items for a particular week, or find by type of resource (e.g. all tests).

Challenge Cards: These include three or more questions and answers for each lesson in The Mystery of History Vol. 2 text. A dozen game ideas are also included; cards can be used in combination with, or instead of, memory cards.

Coloring Pages: 28 sheets capture one week of lessons in a unique collage of outlined figures.

Notebooking Pages: Pages are included for each lesson in the text, with varied formats. Almost every lesson has ruled pages for taking notes, while others have room to illustrate the lesson. Information pages may have questions about the lesson or bullets to help students take notes.

Folderbooks: The Folderbook collection contains figures and directions on how to fold and use them. Folderbooks will help students get a new, visually-based look at the facts presented. These are compatible with 1st and 2nd editions.

The years of the Renaissance and Reformation were years of growth and change for both the world and the church. The Mystery of History, Volume III presents the years 1461-1707 through Christ-centered lens, exploring the backdrop to and significance of major cultural and historical events, alongside events in the history of Christianity. Moving through time chronologically, achievements in art, music, literature, science and philosophy are studied using a Classical approach, with an emphasis on reading, writing, research and hands-on activities. 464 pages, full color illustrations. The Mystery of History Volume 3 Companion Guide Guide includes the activities, quizzes, tests, reproducible maps, teacher information, book lists, and everything else that is not the lesson.

This companion guide accompanies The Mystery of History Volume 3 Student Reader, and contains the material to accompany the lessons. Pre-tests, hands-on/research activities, timeline instructions, mapping work, memory cards, quizzes, worksheets, tests, and an extensive booklist for additional literature about the time period are all included.

Perfect for auditory learners and those who love to listen on the go, The Mystery of History Volume III Audio Book can be used as a supplement to the Volume 3 textbook, or as a stand-alone resource. Narrated by author Linda Lacour Hobar and including beautiful period music, this 22-CD set will bring listeners into the fascinating time period of "The Renaissance, Reformation, and Growth of Nations" from the Wars of the Roses (1455) to Isaac Watts (1707).

Challenge Cards: These include three or more questions and answers for each lesson in The Mystery of History Vol. 3 text. A dozen game ideas are also included; cards can be used in combination with, or instead of, memory cards.

Coloring Pages: 28 sheets capture one week of lessons in a unique collage of outlined figures.

Notebooking Pages: Pages are included for each lesson in the text, with varied formats. Almost every lesson has ruled pages for taking notes, while others have room to illustrate the lesson. Information pages may have questions about the lesson or bullets to help students take notes.

Folderbooks: The Folderbook collection (4, one for each quarter) contains figures and directions on how to fold and use them. Folderbooks will help students get a new, visually-based look at the facts presented.

Mystery of History Volume IV is the last and final volume of the Mystery of History series from Bright Ideas Press! Covering 1708 to 2014, it begins with Bach and Handel, brings the reader through multiple "wars of independence" as well as many "wars of ideologies" between Marxism, Darwinism, Fascism, and the Cold War. World War I and II bring the reader to more modern day conflicts, including a collapsed Soviet Union, a divided Korea, tension in the Middle East, and an ongoing War on Terror.

However, in addition to studying the violence of this era, the artists, inventors, writers, and humanitarians who contributed toward the "soul" of mankind over the last three centuries are also integrated. A world history text, Mystery of History 4 does cover important events in American history (though it cannot stand alone as an American history course), including the American Revolution, the War Between the States, the War in Vietnam, and the Civil Rights movement.

The last and final chapter looks at what is to come as outlined in the Book of Revelation. This section does not follow any single view of eschatology, but it will take students to the final chapters of Revelation, and its picture of the new heaven and new earth.

Volume IV is a hardcover volume that contains all of the lessons students are to read. It also contains a unique download code on the first page of the book to give access to the Companion Guide This companion guide contains pretests, activities, quizzes, timeline directions, mapping exercises, and literature suggestions.

607 pages, hardcover. High School content; with parental modifications of content may be used for younger grades.

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